Programme

 

Wednesday 25 June 2008

11:00-12:00    Press Conference

13.00-15:00    EFA Annual General Meeting

16.00-19:00    Openning ceremony. Welcome address
                        Anna Doboszynska, Polish Federation of Asthma, COPD and Allergy
                        Patient Associations

17:00-17:15    INTRODUCTION
                        Marinella Salapatas, EFA President

17:15-17:45    Respiratory diseases - an optimistic point of view
                        Nikos Siafakas (Greece)

17:45-18:15    Does education help - and who is educating whom?        
                        Marinella Salapatas, EFA President

 

Thursday 26 June 2008

 

09:00-10:40 Session I: Smoking cessation

09:00-09:25    Antismoking text and pictorial warnings and their
                        effects
                        Florin Dumitru Mihaltan (Romania)

09:25-09:50    Smoking cessation among adolescents
                        Mervi Hara (Finland)

09:50-10:15    Smoking cessation in primary care - International Primary Care
                        Respiratory Group (IPCRG) Guidelines
                        Anders Ostrem (IPCRG)

10:15-10:40    Smoking cessation: new therapies
                        Dorota Górecka (Poland)

10:40-11:00    Coffee break

11:00-12:30 Session II: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

11:00-11:30    Dealing with the problem of dyspnea in the patient's everyday life
                        Richard Hodder (Canada)

11:30-12:00    Pulmonary rehabilitation
                        Nicolino Ambrosino (Italy)

12:00-12:30    Progress in the treatment of COPD
                        Anna Doboszynska (Poland)

12:30-13:30    Lunch

13:30-15:10 Session III: Asthma

13:30-13:55    Have we covered everything? Why is there nothing new in the
                        treatment of asthma?
                        Neil Barnes (UK)

13:55-14:20    Monitoring inflammation in asthma. Where are we now?
                        Joanna Chorostowska-Wynimko (Poland)

14:20-14:45    Is asthma education and self-treatment beneficial?
                        Martyn Partridge (UK)

14:45-15:10    Asthma education for children and families (Practall)
                        Erkka Valovirta (EFA)

15:10-15:30    Coffee break

15:30-17:20 Session IV: Allergy

15:30-15:55    Self management from hypersensitivity to anaphylaxis
                        Erna Botjes (The Netherlands)

15:55-16:20    What do we know about allergy prevention in children?
                        M. Kulus (Poland) 

16:20-16:55    Genetically modified foods: allergy friend or foe
                        Harry Wichers (The Netherlands)

16:55-17:20    Controversies and new research on prevention and management of                         food allergy
                        J.O. Hourihane (Ireland)

Friday 27 June 2008

09:00-10:30 Session V: GA²LEN Global Allergy and Asthma European Network of Excellence

09:00-09:30    Science: News from the Network
                        Marek Kowalski (Poland)

09:30-10:00    Update/results of the GAL²EN Campaign Does Rhinitis Lead to                         Asthma?
                        Noelie Auvergne (Belgium)

10:00-10:30    Does Rhinitis Lead to Asthma?
                        Anna Doboszyńska (Poland)

10:30-11:00    Coffee break

11:00-12:30 Session VI: Environment

11:00-11:30    Climate change and respiratory diseases
                        Isabella Anesi-Maesano (ERS)

11:30-12:00    Latest evidence on indoor air quality and Guidelines
                        Paolo Carrer (Italy)

12:00-12:30    Managing allergy and asthma at school (EAACI Position Paper)
                        Antonella Muraro (Italy)

12:30-14:00    Lunch

PARALLEL SESSIONS

 

14:00-16:00    PARALLEL SESSION FOR PATIENT REPRESENTATIVES AND
                   PATIENTS

14:00-14:30    How to start from a scratch & build a patient education programme?
                        Martin Partridge (UK)

14:30-15:00    This is how we built up our patient education programme (large
                        organisation)
                        Erica Euving (Asthma Foundation, Netherlands)

15:00-15:30    This is how we built up our patient education programme (small
                        organisation)
                        Lena Kolff (Dutch Association of People with Atopic Eczema)

15:30-16:00    Exchanging experiences on educational programmes
                       (EFA members and other patient representatives)
                        Sport and Exercise DVD entitled "Reach your peak with asthma",
                        Breda Flood, Asthma Society of Ireland

 

14.00-16.30    PARALLEL SESSION FOR DOCTORS

14:00-14:30    Updates in COPD
                        Anna Doboszyńska (Poland)

14:30-15:00    Alternative treatments in pulmonology
                        Jerzy Kruszewski (Poland)

15:00-15:30    Asthma genes, the use of LABAs, allergic rhinitis in asthma
                       

15:30-16:00    E-learning in the pulmonary education
                        W. Tomalak (Poland)

 

14.00-16.30    PARALLEL SESSION FOR NURSES
                        Chair: Julia Bott (ERS)

14:00-14:25    Pulmonary symptoms
                        Anna Prokop (Poland)

14:25-14:50    Global Initiative Against Asthma GINA
                        Emilia Świetlik (Poland)

14:50-15:15    Global Initiative on COPD GOLD
                        Halina Batura (Poland)

15:15-15:40    Pulmonary rehabilitation and the role of allied professionals
                        Julia Bott (ERS)

15:40-16:05    Food allergy
                        Monika Konieczna (Poland)

16:05-16:40    EAACI Position Paper about anaphylaxis
                        Antonella Muraro (Italy)

16:40-16:50    Winding-up of the conference

 

Saturday 28 June 2008

                        EFA Board meeting

 

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